If you’re a gigging enthusiast, like I am, earplugs are a necessity. And there’s an outside chance you’ve already discovered this the hard way, whether through that incessant ringing in your ears every night or the slow realisation you can’t pick voices out from a crowd anymore. If you’re not there yet, congrats! And if you are: the best time to start wearing earplugs was at your first gig, but the second-best time is now.
There’s a veritable shedload of earplugs available for you to get, but loads of them sound terrible – none worse than the freebie foam numbers you get from behind the bar at the gig venue. There’s plenty of consumer-focused earplugs too, that try to appeal through good looks over great sound. Usually, you’ve got to pay through the nose for an earplug listening experience worth the ticket price; what if there was an affordable pair of gig-friendly earplugs that actually sounded good?
